Felipe Pulido was born on January 13, 1970, in Dos Aguas in the State of Michoacan in Mexico. He attended school in Mexico, but the family immigrated to Yakima, Washington, in United States in 1988 for agricultural work while Pulido was in high school. As a teenager, he worked picking fruit and vegetables. Pulido finished high school in Yakima.[1][2]
After providing care to an elderly priest, Pulido decided to become a priest himself. In 1994, he entered Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon. He graduated from Mount Angel in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy.[3] Pulido then traveled to Rome to enter the seminary at the Pontifical North American College. In 2000, Pulido was awarded a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree with high honors from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Pulido then studied at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Rome from 2001 to 2002.[1][2]
After his 2002 ordination, the diocese assigned Pulido as a parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish in Yakima. In 2003, he was transferred to Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Moses Lake, Washington, where he stay for three years. Pulido was appointed pastor of Our Lady of the Snows Parish in Leavenworth, Washington, in 2006.[1]
The diocese appointed Pulido in 2008 as pastor of both Our Lady of Fatima and Queen of All Saints Parish in Warden, Washington. Additionally, in 2011 Bishop Joseph J. Tyson named Pulido as vicar for clergy and director of vocations. The diocese in 2012 removed Pulido from Our Lady of Fatima and Queen of All Saints Parishes to become pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Yakima. He would serve as pastor of St. Joseph for the next eight years.[1] Pulido's final pastoral assignment in Yakima came in 2020 when he was named pastor of St. Joseph parish in Kennewick, Washington.[1]
Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego
Pope Francis appointed Pulido auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of San Diego on June 6, 2023.[5][1][6] On September 28, 2023, Pulido was consecrated as a bishop at St. Therese of Carmel Church in San Diego by Cardinal Robert McElroy, with Bishops Joseph Tyson and John Dolan serving as co-consecrators.[1]
